Marissa and Randall’s wedding was a day to remember. There is nothing we love more than a wedding that is heart felt and filled with so much emotion. Streams of tears, smiles so wide, and endless laughter filled this day beautifully.

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Randall and Marissa had their engagement session in the Art District in Downtown Los Angeles. We started about midnoon and enjoyed the colors other artists had painted on the walls. Engagement sessions are a great time for us to get to know our clients better. We spoke about what they looked forward to most about […]

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I had the pleasure of being the wedding photographer for one of my oldest friends. Their wedding took place at the David L Baker Golf Course in Fountain Valley. Stay tuned for the more gorgeous images from these two! Enjoy your stay : Portraits | Engagements | Weddings Email John for your all your photographic […]

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For their engagement session, I met Erika and Jon in the middle of Los Angeles. They’re a very cool and down to earth couple. They found the most bizzare, yet inspiring location to shoot their engagement session. It’s a library in the middle of LA that doubles as an art gallery as well as a […]

For their engagement session, I met Erika and Jon in the middle of Los Angeles.

They’re a very cool and down to earth couple.

They found the most bizzare, yet inspiring location to shoot their engagement session.

It’s a library in the middle of LA that doubles as an art gallery as well as a yarn store.

During the engagement session, the staff was getting ready for the Art Walk later that night.

As we walked through the halls of the library and the busy streets of Los Angeles we got to know each other a bit better, the greatest thing about my job, as I’ve mentioned before are these conversations

that allow me to get to know my clients and learn what makes them different from the other people I’ve photographed.

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You might’ve checked out Paul and Maggie’s teaser images from a little while back. I met Paul about three years ago, my contract with the military had just finished and I was shooting small events with my wife and a few friends After shooting a few portraits I was able to put some of my […]

I met Paul about three years ago, my contract with the military had just finished and I was shooting small events with my wife and a few friends

After shooting a few portraits I was able to put some of my work into an art show for Christian artists. I met a few new friends at that art show and Paul was one of them. His rendition of “Billionaire,” stuck with me.

I was delighted to hear about Paul’s engagement to Maggie and was very excited to meet with them for the first time to talk about their wedding.

Fast forward to their engagement session…

After finding some woods to walk through, we noticed how much the location reminded us of the Lord of the Rings.

We whistled along and not surprisingly, found that Paul knew more than a few tracks from the LotR soundtrack. (Which I thought was awesome.)

But don’t let Paul’s goofiness fool you, Maggie is just as funny as her fiancee, I just realized that most of the photos I selected for this post has her laughing in them.

I thought it was really sweet how in love these two are. It was so obvious when I watched them interact with each other, I’m just grateful that they decided to share their laughs with me during their engagement session.

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Let’s talk about second shooting. In almost every wedding I photograph, I bring along a second shooter(sometimes a third.) A second shooter isn’t an assistant, they’re there to photograph a wedding alongside the main photographer. An added set of eyes or a second shoulder to help with the stresses of wedding photography, but usually they’re […]

Let’s talk about second shooting. In almost every wedding I photograph, I bring along a second shooter(sometimes a third.) A second shooter isn’t an assistant, they’re there to photograph a wedding alongside the main photographer. An added set of eyes or a second shoulder to help with the stresses of wedding photography, but usually they’re there to provide just the right amount of moral support.

On my weekends free, I’m usually more than happy to help other photographer friends shoot weddings. These weddings give me a chance to sharpen my skills, try new angles, and meet some awesome people.

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Me and Joanna go way back we first met literally over 14 years ago. I believe we had history class together in 7th Grade. When I heard that she was getting married, I was very glad that she contacted me for her San Diego Wedding this coming summer. This engagement session was the first time […]

Me and Joanna go way back we first met literally over 14 years ago. I believe we had history class together in 7th Grade.

When I heard that she was getting married, I was very glad that she contacted me for her San Diego Wedding this coming summer.

This engagement session was the first time I had met David, I try not to judge a book by its cover, but David looked like a pretty tough guy.

So I tried using tough guy (he works with chemicals so automatically thought Breaking Bad) things to connect with him, come to find out that he’s actually super down to earth and crazy easy to work with.

Either of the two barely had to be posed. As we walked through each location we photographed that day I would tell them to stop when I saw an area photogenic enough.

Their candid moments seemed like they were practiced and it all worked together to the benefit of my camera.

The Chemistry between these two was very obvious and it made my job super easy that day.